O. Reg. 100/10: GENERAL, Filed March 29, 2010 under Health Insurance Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.6
ontario regulation 100/10
made under the
health insurance act
Made: March 10, 2010
Filed: March 29, 2010
Published on e-Laws: March 31, 2010
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: April 17, 2010
Amending Reg. 552 of R.R.O. 1990
(General)
1. (1) Subsection 1 (1) of Regulation 552 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 is amended by adding the following definition:
“long-term care home” means a long-term care home under the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007;
(2) The definition of “nursing home” in subsection 1 (1) of the Regulation is revoked.
2. Section 6.1 of the Regulation is amended by striking out “an approved charitable home for the aged under the Charitable Institutions Act, a home under the Homes for the Aged and Rest Homes Act or a nursing home under the Nursing Homes Act” in the portion before clause (a) and substituting “a long-term care home”.
3. Clause 10 (7) (c) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
(c) the spouse lives outside a long-term care home or a hospital or other facility that is government-funded.
4. (1) Clause 15 (6) (h) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “Long-Term Care Act, 1994” and substituting “Home Care and Community Services Act, 1994”.
(2) Clause 15 (6) (j) of the Regulation is amended by adding “or” at the end.
(3) Clauses 15 (6) (k), (l) and (m) of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:
(k) who is a resident of a long-term care home.
5. (1) The definition of “long-term care facility” in subsection 21 (1) of the Regulation is revoked.
(2) Subclause 21 (2) (c) (ii) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “long-term care facility” and substituting “long-term care home”.
(3) Subclause 21 (2) (d) (i) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
(i) are rendered at a long-term care home to a resident of that home,
(4) Subclause 21 (2) (d) (ii) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “long-term care facility” and substituting “long-term care home”.
(5) Subclause 21 (2) (d) (iv) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “long-term care facility” and substituting “long-term care home”.
(6) Subsection 21 (4.1) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “long-term care facility” wherever it appears and substituting in each case “long-term care home”.
(7) Sub-subparagraph 3 i B of subsection 21 (7) of the Regulation is amended,
(a) by striking out “long-term care facility” wherever it appears and substituting in each case “long-term care home”; and
(b) by striking out “resident of that facility” and substituting “resident of that home”.
6. Subparagraph 3 i of subsection 24 (1.1) of the Regulation is revoked and the following substituted:
i. required to satisfy a condition of being admitted to, or receiving health services in, a hospital, a facility within the meaning of the Developmental Services Act or a long-term care home,
7. Clause 28 (1) (f) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “home for the aged” and substituting “long-term care home”.
8. Subsection 28.3 (3) of the Regulation is amended by striking out “nursing home or a home for the aged” and substituting “long-term care home”.
9. (1) Subparagraphs 4 i and ii of subsection 38 (4) of the Regulation are revoked and the following substituted:
i. a long-term care home,
(2) Paragraph 4 of subsection 38 (4) of the Regulation is amended by adding “or” at the end of subparagraph vii, by striking out “or” at the end of subparagraph viii and by revoking subparagraph ix.
10. (1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.
(2) Subsection 4 (1) comes into force on the later of the day subsection 215 (1) of the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007 comes into force and the day this Regulation is filed.
(3) Sections 1 to 3, subsection 4 (2) and sections 5 to 9 come into force on the later of the day section 1 of the Long-Term Care Homes Act, 2007 comes into force and the day this Regulation is filed.